Antirefillable bottle.



C. J. GIESE.

ANTIREFILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. I4. 1915.

1,168,299, Patented Jan. 18, 1916.

ATTORNEY CLEMENS J. GIESE, OF AMBIA, INDIANA.

ANTIREFIL-LABLE BOTTLE.

Application filed September 14, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLnMnNs J. GIESE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ambia, in the county of Benton and State of Indiana, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Antirefillable Bottles,of which the following is a specification.

An object of the present invention is to provide a new and improvedanti-refillable bottle wherein the main closure valve is normally heldin a superposed position through the medium of a loosely mounted rod andwherein the stopper carries means to normally retain the valve inengagement with the rod whereby when the stopper is removed and thebottle inverted the valve will become disengaged from the rod and thelatter, by reason of its loose engagement, will fall into the bottle, atan angle, and thus permit the proper seating of the valve when thebottle is again brought to a normal position. I

Another object of the invention is to provide an improvedanti-refillable bottle that is extremely simple in construction andwhich, it is believed may be manufactured at a minimum cost.

Various other objects and advantages will become apparent during thecontinuance of the following description.

The above and other objects which will become apparent, are accomplishedby such means as are shown in their preferred form in the accompanyingdrawings, described in the following specification and then morespecifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings wherein like characters designate likeparts throughout the several views; Figure 1 is a fragmentary view of anordinary bottle showing my invention in its preferred embodiment inplace therein. Fig. 2 is a similar view illustrating the supporting rodin displaced position and the valve in tight fitting engagement with itsrespective seat.

In the accompanying drawings the nu meral 10 designates the body of anordinary bottle whose bottom 11 is formed concave or convex as clearlyshown. The neck 12 of the bottle is provided with a transverse bafiiearm 13 and a slightly constricted valve seat 14. The valve 15 that isdesigned to fit the seat 1%, is preferably formed of glass or othercomparatively heavy material so that Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 18, 1916.

Serial No. 50,670.

its correct seating at the proper time will be fired. The lower face ofthe valve is provided with a shallow recess 16 which may be verticallyalined with a similar recess 17.

formed in the bottom of the bottle body. A supporting rod 18 isprovided, the ends of which are rounded so as to fit snugly within therespective orifices 16 and 17, the rod being of such length whereby whenit is in an operative position the valve 15 will be held out ofengagement with its respective seat. This rod may be formed of anydesirable material, yet it 1s pointed out that glass would prove veryefiicient. The stopper 19 that fits into the upper bore of the bottleneck, to effectually close the passage of fluid therefrom, carries apair of slightly diverging spring jaws 20, the latter being of suchlength as to swingingly engage the valve 15 and bent to hold the same insecure engagement with the supporting rod 18. Now, when the stopper 19is removed and the bottle uncovered, the valve 15 will seat upon thebaffle arm 18 whereas the support ing rod 18 will also move in a similardirection. hen the valve 15 is seated upon the baflle arm the fluid fromthe body of the bottle will flow thereabout and continue to pass outthrough the remaining bore of the neck. However when the bottle is againbrought to a normal position the lower end of the rod 18 will engage thecurved surface of the bottom of the bottle and tend to slope downwardlyinto a position shown in Fig. 2. Consequently its upper end will not inany way impede the correct and positive seating of the valve 15 upon itsrespective seat. Moreover, when the rod 18 assumes this latter positionit is evidence that the original contents of-the bottle have beenremoved or tampered with in some manner.

From the foregoing it is believed that the advantages and novel featuresof my invention will be readily understood and therefore furtherdetailed description is deemed unnecessary.

In reducing my invention to practice I find that the form referred toherein as the most practical and perferred embodiment is the mostefiicient, but realizing that certain conditions will necessarily varyin concurrence with the adoption of my device, I desire to emphasize thefact that various minor changes in the details of construction and inthe proportion of parts may be resorted to when, required withoutsacrificing any of the advantages of my invention as defined in theappended claims.

Having thus fully described my invention, What I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a device of the character described, a bottle having a neckportion, a valve mounted in said neck portion, a rod arranged in saidbottle and adapted to support said valve, and means carried by thebottle stopper to normally retain the valve in engagement with the upperend of said rod.

2. In a device of the character described, a bottle having a neckportion, a rod loosely mounted in said bottle and projecting into saidneck portion, a valve in said neck por tion normally supported by saidrod out of engagement withits respective valve seat, a stopper adaptedto be arranged in said neck, and means carried by said stopper tonormally retain said valve in engagement with said rod.

3. In a device of the character described, a bottle having a neckportion, the bottom of said bottle provided with a recess, a rod havingits lower end seated in said recess, a valve in said neck, the underface of said valve provided with a recess for receiving the upper end ofsaid rod, said rod adapted to normally retain said valve out ofengagement with its respective valve'seat, a stopper adapted to bearranged within said neck, and means carried by said stopper to normallyretain said valve in engagement with theupper end of said rod.

4. In a device of the character described, the combination with a bottlehaving a neck portion, and a bottom portion having its inner surfaceconvexed, the bottom portion of the bottle provided with a recess uponits inner face, of a valve loosely mounted in said neck and having arecess formed on itsunder face, a rod having its ends seated in saidrecesses to normally retain said valve out of engagement with itsrespective valve seat, a baifie member arranged in said neck above saidvalve for limiting the movement thereof at certain times, a stepperadapted to be arranged in said neck, and means carried by said stopperto normally retain said valve in engagement with the upper end of saidrod.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

F. Mono-AN.

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- Washington, D. C."

